In discussions on July 6, 2004, Northwestern University administration sources
finally provided us with some basic information about the Bailey investigation
committee's formation, meetings and timeline. At that time, these sources informed us
that the initial Bailey investigation committee had concluded its meetings, and
expected to submit a draft report to Northwestern University's Office of Research Integrity
(NU-ORI) in
mid-July.

However, the committee did not complete its final round of sign-offs at that
time, and apparently at least one member then went on vacation (and couldn't be
located). This delayed things on into the summer vacations of the other members
of the committee. In August the administration informed us that the report was not expected to
be submitted until late that month or early September.

Since that time there have been further delays in the completion of the initial
investigation, which we document here along with a revised estimate of when the
results are likely to be announced.

Update regarding delays in the completion of the initial Bailey
investigation:

In mid-September 2004 learned from Northwestern administration sources that the
initial investigation committee finally submitted their draft report to the
Office of Research Integrity on August 20, 2004. The report was then provided to
Mr. Bailey*, and he was given a generous amount of time to respond to the report

Although the fact-checking and response were initially projected to take
approximately two weeks, in this case Northwestern officials provided Mr. Bailey
a generous amount of time, asking him to respond by September 24, 2004.

However, some kind of further delay intervened, and on September 28, 2004 we
learned that they had pushed the date for his response out to October 4, 2004.

Once Mr. Bailey does finally respond to the draft report (by indicating any
facts in it with which he disagrees, and attaching his comments to the report),
the committee will then finalize the report in response to his fact-checking.
NU administration sources inform us that this committee response is expected to
take only a few days. The committee will then submit the initial investigation
report to NU-ORI.

The report then proceeds to
C. Bradley Moore, Vice
President for Research. Dr. Moore will study the report and, if it contains
findings of wrongdoings involving possible sanctions, will add his
recommendations for what those sanctions should be. Finally,
Lawrence B. Dumas,
the Provost of Northwestern University, will review the whole package. If the Vice President for Research has recommended that
sanctions be imposed, Dr. Dumas will determine what they are to and how they are
to be imposed. He will then notify Mr. Bailey of the results of the initial
investigation.

The processing of
the report by the initial investigation committee, by Dr. Moore and then by Dr.
Dumas is expected to only about a week, or perhaps two at most. Thus if Mr.
Bailey submits his response to the draft report on Oct. 4, 2004 as requested,
the initial investigation should be completed by mid-October 2004, and the
results announced shortly thereafter.

We will report the results of the initial Bailey investigation soon after their
announcement. Will this very limited
initial investigation find Mr. Bailey guilty of anything? After all, they only
addressed such a small subset of the complaints against him, interviewed only
two of the complainants on one occasion, and avoided
any and all contact with most of the women who formulated the case against him. And if
this initial investigating committee does find him guilty of something,
will Northwestern University then actually sanction him? Who knows?

Stay tuned! And stay tuned too for follow-on investigations of the other
as-yet unresolved complaints against Mr. Bailey

Lynn Conway

October 3, 2004.

Update of October 26, 2004:

We learned today from Northwestern Administration sources that Provost Lawrence
Dumas had "within the past few days" received the final committee report on the initial investigation from
the Office of the Vice President for Research.
The Provost is now determining and documenting his decisions on the initial
investigation, and is expected to complete this work "within two weeks".

Update of November 19, 2004:

We learned today from Northwestern Administration sources that Provost Lawrence
Dumas has determined and documented his findings regarding the initial Bailey
investigation, and that the Provost's Office at Northwestern will be mailing
these findings to the complainants sometime during the coming week.